CVE-2023-25652: Fedoraproject Fedora

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 51.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, by feeding specially crafted input to `git apply --reject`, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten with partially controlled contents (corresponding to the rejected hunk(s) from the given patch). A fix is available in versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid using `git apply` with `--reject` when applying patches from an untrusted source. Use `git apply --stat` to inspect a patch before applying; avoid applying one that create a conflict where a link corresponding to the `*.rej` file exists.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 37 only; version 38 only
• Git-Scm Git: before 2.30.9 (fixed in 2.30.9); from 2.31.0, before 2.31.8 (fixed in 2.31.8); from 2.32.0, before 2.32.7 (fixed in 2.32.7); from 2.33.0, before 2.33.8 (fixed in 2.33.8); from 2.34.0, before 2.34.8 (fixed in 2.34.8); from 2.35.0, before 2.35.8 (fixed in 2.35.8); …

Published 2023-04-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.